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When Aunt Liu was just over fifty years old, her sideburns were gray, and her bun was mixed with repeated silver threads; Her status in front of Empress Li, her strict personality towards people, and her unangry face made all the palace people in Fengyi Palace afraid of her.

At this time, she didn't speak, and her expression was even more ugly than usual, so no one dared to ask any more.

She slowly stood up, picked up the flask in front of her, walked over to one of the nearest chamberlains, and filled the glass in front of her with both hands. Then he silently came to the second chamberlain, and filled his glass...... After pouring all the wine glasses, including your own, one by one, you return to your seat and sit down.

After Aunt Liu sat down, she glanced around at everyone before she said slowly: "I can't hide it, today's old woman invited everyone to this banquet for the sake of everyone here." ”

"'Heroic'?"

"Where are we going?"

"What 'Zhuangxing'?"

The seven or eight attendants couldn't help but be even more puzzled, and their surprised eyes all fell on Aunt Liu's body.

Aunt Liu took a deep breath before continuing in a voice that was a little older than usual: "It's not that the old woman is ruthless, and it's not that the queen doesn't care about the old love." However, after this meal, the old woman had to send you to the Western Bliss. ”

"What?! Auntie wants us to die?! ”

"Auntie, please don't make such jokes."

"Auntie! What am I doing wrong? Guilty of a capital offense? ”

Everyone began to panic, looking around at the closed doors and windows around them, they really smelled death, and some people had even left the table tremblingly, but they didn't know where to go.

"Everyone," Aunt Liu looked at the frightened and frightened looks of these juniors who had lived together under the same roof for many years, and could already say that they were like her aunts and nephews, her eyes were already red, and her voice trembled slightly, "You are all dedicated to your duties and loyal to your mother, even if you make a big mistake, how can your mother bear to put you to death?" It's Your Majesty, it's Your Majesty who wants you to die. Because of the Yongning Palace incident, she forced Niangniang to take your hands and feet to take your life. Think about it, can people survive without hands and feet? It's better to be happy......"

Hearing Aunt Liu say this, some of the attendants fell to the ground in despair, and some staggered to Aunt Liu's side to beg for mercy, all of them were very sad.

Aunt Liu was already in tears at this time, and she said in a hoarse and choked voice: "The queen has treated us well for many years...... We can't watch her being sent to the cold palace by His Majesty's resentment and suffering from now on...... After you go on the road, your family members will be rewarded with three thousand taels of silver, and you will have no worries about food and clothing...... After eating this grand feast, you can rest assured that you can go on the road......"

After Aunt Liu finished speaking, she raised the wine glass on her dining table, "Auntie will give you a glass first." After saying that, he raised his head and drank the wine dry.

An attendant stood up with a wry smile, "Aunt Liu is right, for so many years, the queen has treated me well, and she has never let us be angry, and she still thinks about us from time to time. Now it's time for the mother to use us, and the mother also thinks about our aftermath so thoughtfully, the villain has nothing to worry about. ”

Another chamberlain also said: "Over the years, we have been sheltered by our mother, and we have lived a comfortable life in the palace for many years." I am alone, there is no old and young, this life has long been handed over to the mother, and if I die, I can still make some contributions to the mother, which is worth it. ”

Everyone returned to their own table one after another, drank all the wine in the cup, and persuaded each other to drink and eat, and ate the dishes in large gulps. Naturally, there are also people who can't eat, only crying silently.

At this moment, the door of the side hall was suddenly slammed open, and a group of people broke in. The person in the lead also tripped over the threshold, stumbled and almost fell, but fortunately, the two people next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help him to stand firmly.

Everyone looked at it in astonishment, only to see that the person at the head was the panicked Empress Li, and the few behind her were all palace people in the Fengyi Palace.

"Y-What are you doing here?!" Empress Li asked, widening her eyes. Her face, which had been shiny, had now become a little haggard and withered, and her eye sockets had sunken.

Aunt Liu glanced at the palace maid beside Empress Li, and the palace maid hurriedly lowered her head.

Aunt Liu hurriedly came to her and knelt down and wept and said, "Niangniang, the slave knows that Niangniang cherishes her subordinates, and it is impossible for her to do it." But...... The slave couldn't bear to watch the mother in her prime, so she was about to be imprisoned in the palace and spend a long time in loneliness...... So the slave and maid had to make their own decisions......"

Empress Li couldn't help but tears in her eyes, and a complicated mood welled up in her heart, making her extremely excited, "Presumptuous! Who gives you permission to do this!? Get back! You all go back to Hongu! Arresting people is an order from this palace, and beating people is also an order from this palace, what are you guilty of? Saying this, Empress Li choked for a moment before continuing: "When the elder brother of this palace is in prison, he would rather die than be restrained because of himself; If this palace does this kind of selfish thing that people have suffered for themselves, the elder brother has a spirit in the sky, and he will blame this palace and not recognize this sister! ”

"Niangniang, forgive the slave and maid for being bold, the slave and maid can't watch the maid die in the palace like this." Aunt Liu said: "The wine drunk by the slaves and maids has been put into the medicine, and it is irreparable. ”

The attendants, who had thought that they would be sent to the execution ground after eating, realized that the poisoned wine had already been drunk, and some calmed down, while others were even more panicked, struggling bitterly between survival and loyalty.

"What?!" Empress Li looked in disbelief at the wine glasses that had fallen crookedly on everyone's dining table.

An attendant staggered to Aunt Liu's side and cried: "Auntie, I have to die, why do you accompany me to drink that poisonous wine?" You have nothing to do with the affairs of the Yongning Palace! ”

Aunt Liu also turned around and helped the waiter, and said silently: "The old woman knows that she was too serious and harsh to you in the past, and she reprimands and punishes you a lot on weekdays, but ...... In the old woman's heart, you are like the old woman's nephews! I want to drive you to death, and the old woman's heart is like a knife...... Let me go with you, and I will have a good ...... along the way."

"Auntie......" Queen Li couldn't care about her dignity anymore, knelt on the ground, hugged Aunt Liu and cried. The palace people behind her did not hide their faces and weep, and the entire side hall was suddenly gloomy and miserable, and there was a cry.

At this moment, a loud and clear voice came from outside the door, "The Holy Decree has arrived-"

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